Cougartown

March 3rd, 2010

“This was my brother and me in a crib that our dad had built, along with Sadie the cougar. We were modeling for his furniture, but who knows whether or not this confusing pic gave credit to his woodworking skills.”

Kinda looks like my house did when I was younger! I was forever bringing home something to raise. I raised everything from squirrels to tigers. My poor parents still have remnants of those days…they have my macaw while I’m in the Army! Sorry Mom & Dad I promise I’ll get him soon!! Good times, Corina too bad we were on opposite sides of the continent.

That is Corina’s crib and she still has it in storage. Solid walnut with cedar drawers. It converts to a standard twin size bed with headboard and nightstand when they outgrow the crib.
I quit making them in 1992. Sold over 400 of them from my home.

Ruth –
This is what my dad says about the encounter, since I have trouble remembering the details.

Sadie was owned by a man from Portland Ore. She was raised from birth and very well cared for. She easily jumped into the crib for the shot. She liked it in there and didn’t really want to get out. Sadie did a few of the old Mercury Cougar commercials on tv back in the late 70’s. The photo was taken in 1988.

I too am a close friend of Corina, and only wish I knew here and her brother when Sadie was a part of their life. You may be freaked out by the thought of a cougar in a crib with kids, I’m just plan jealous.

aketarak, as a close friend of the girl in this photo (Corina, who is now 25) I can assure you this is no photoshop creation. If you had grown up anywhere near this home you would understand how not surprising this was for that family. This girl has a nack for animals and they naturally gravitate to her. At any given time growing up they had rabbits, cats, dogs, frogs, birds, etc. Though I didn’t know her at the time this pic was taken it really comes as no surprise. If I remember correctly she can be seen riding this cougar in another photo.

This photo reminds me of my childhood. As soon as I saw it I knew it was Sadie. I have photos of my mom Barbara and her best friend Donnie swimming naked with Sadie. I also had a monkey in my playpen of the wild times back in the day….

Does anyone know where I can buy this cougar litter box/cage/feeding station? Combining all these items into one will really save me a lot of space in my basement apartment. I like the drawers below the cage to store extra litter and pooper scoopers and the choppping board to the right of the cage/litter box would be handy since I chop raw but dead meat for my cougar instead of live feed as this cat lover obviously prefers.